I call our meeting to order.
I'm trying to start right on time. We have a very busy agenda today.
If I could also beg your indulgence, I wanted to speak to Madame Turmel before we started, but she's not here.
Oh, Madame Turmel is here.
I have to leave a little after noon today. I know we had scheduled the meeting all the way till one p.m., but I have another engagement and I have no co-chairs, so I'm going to ask your indulgence. As we did the other day when members couldn't be here to review the report, I ask that we get as far as we can today and then continue the review of the reports next Thursday, if that is permissible. We have the opening for report review on next Thursday—that's right.
That's where we're at. Thank you very much.
We have great witnesses today to talk about this area of eastern Ontario. We'll have five minutes from each of you and then questions and answers from the members.
Mr. Hsu, would you like to go first?